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Recognised as Colour

#A52CCD

  • #A52CCD
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#A52CCD is a violet with RGB values 165, 44, 205 and HSL 285°, 65%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#A52CCD#A52CCD
HEX#A52CCD
RGBrgb(165, 44, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6471, 0.1725, 0.8039
RGB percentages64.7%, 17.3%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(285.1, 64.7%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(285.1, 78.5%, 80.4%)
CMYK19.5%, 78.5%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,824,909
CSS custom property--colour: #A52CCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.47:1
Contrast with white5.47:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#5AD332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0063D1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#276CCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A2527Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 58.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.47:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.84:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 4.7Dark violet · ΔE 14.4Blue violet · ΔE 16.2Medium orchid · ΔE 17.9Dark magenta · ΔE 24.3Purple · ΔE 28.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 4.73, a close match
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#54CD2C
Analogous#552CCD, #CD2CA4
Triadic#CDA52C, #2CCDA5
Split complementary#A4CD2C, #2CCD55
Tetradic#CD552C, #54CD2C, #2CA4CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ECD0F5
Lighter +30%#DBA6EC
Lighter +20%#C97CE3
Lighter +10%#B852DA
Darker −10%#8323A3
Darker −20%#611A79
Darker −30%#40114F
Darker −40%#1E0825
More saturated +25%#B50DEC
Less saturated −25%#954BAE

Channel breakdown

R165
G44
B205
Red165 (64.7%)
Green44 (17.3%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue285.09°
Saturation (HSL)64.66%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A5 · G 2C · B CD

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